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Engineer reel
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:24 pm
by LuckyLuca
Ah Redditch! There is always one item I can't leave behind (as Fredline well knew!)
Last weekend my weakness for what I call "Engineer reels", one offs built by a clever chap with access to tools and the expertise to use them.
This one features what I'm told is a mechanism similar to an easycast reel but having never seen one I wouldn't know.
Either way following a little light fettling this on now spins smoothly and will get it's chance on the bank in the near future.
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:05 pm
by Richard Jackson
I own 2 “one offs “ I have not used them yet but will enjoy the day I do
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:46 pm
by Santiago
Nice reel. Shame the initials are KW and not RW. Could be worth a fortune!
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:03 pm
by LuckyLuca
Santiago wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:46 pm
Nice reel. Shame the initials are KW and not RW. Could be worth a fortune!
I've got a engraver
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:48 pm
by Wallys-Cast
Nice find Steve, I would have been very tempted too.
Wal.
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:27 am
by Lea Dweller
LuckyLuca wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:03 pm
Santiago wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:46 pm
Nice reel. Shame the initials are KW and not RW. Could be worth a fortune!
I've got a engraver
What have cemeteries got to do with it?
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:17 am
by Keston
One of those fascinating items of tackle that conjure up a thousand questions wondering about it's past .
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:18 pm
by PershoreHarrier
LuckyLuca wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:24 pm
Ah Redditch! There is always one item I can't leave behind (as Fredline well knew!)
Last weekend my weakness for what I call "Engineer reels", one offs built by a clever chap with access to tools and the expertise to use them.
This one features what I'm told is a mechanism similar to an easycast reel but having never seen one I wouldn't know.
Either way following a little light fettling this on now spins smoothly and will get it's chance on the bank in the near future.
I was stood next to you when you picked this up and in an instant a strong hard man who searches for bargains became a weak man who had succumbed to the enticement of an unusual reel. Of course I am not that weak but in truth am probably much weaker.
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:21 pm
by Duckett
LuckyLuca wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:24 pm
Ah Redditch! There is always one item I can't leave behind (as Fredline well knew!)
Last weekend my weakness for what I call "Engineer reels", one offs built by a clever chap with access to tools and the expertise to use them.
This one features what I'm told is a mechanism similar to an easycast reel but having never seen one I wouldn't know.
Either way following a little light fettling this on now spins smoothly and will get it's chance on the bank in the near future.
I really like that. Would you mind posting a photograph of the internals?
Cheers,
Phil
Re: Engineer reel
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:35 pm
by LuckyLuca
Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:48 pm
Nice find Steve, I would have been very tempted too.
Wal.
A pic of the internals for you Wal.
